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Australia’s best-loved music educator Richard Gill has died

October 28, 2018

Editor’s note, 28 October 2018: Australia’s leading music education advocate Richard Gill AO passed away in his home on Sunday. On Saturday, more than 70 […]

5 tips that help me tolerate my own playing

October 24, 2018

BY YELIAN HE AS TOLD TO CUTCOMMON Yelian He is nicknamed the “Kung Fu Cellist” after his prowess in the Chinese martial art Wing Chun. […]

This uni orchestra is one of the oldest societies on campus

October 23, 2018

BY MARK BOSCH I’ve been a violinist in the Sydney University Symphony Orchestra since the beginning of 2017, and our upcoming final concert for […]

We should still respect film music as art

October 21, 2018

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Are you one of those classical music lovers who thinks film music isn’t “real” music? Are you too high-brow to enjoy […]

Life as a young and successful Australian pianist

October 11, 2018

BY CELINE CHONG, LEAD WRITER (QLD) With a string of major prizes to his name, it’s no surprise that Vietnamese-born Australian pianist Hoang Pham […]

What should an artist make of the Sydney Opera House protests?

October 11, 2018

BY MARK BOSCH One of the stranger protests I’ve been to – Tuesday night’s “counter-projection event” at the Sydney Opera House – felt nevertheless appropriate […]

Canberra musicians are fighting to save their education

October 10, 2018

BY LILY BRYANT In 2014, I auditioned at the Australian National University School of Music for its prestigious H Course. Each week, my peers […]

Did you know The Handmaid’s Tale is an opera?

October 3, 2018

BY JASMINE MIDDLETON I’ll let you in on a not-so-little secret: I’m a fan of The Handmaid’s Tale. After devouring the powerful, feminist, and […]

Composer Deborah Cheetham AO explains her new war requiem

October 2, 2018

BY DEBORAH CHEETHAM AO In this blog, Yorta Yorta composer, soprano, and Short Black Opera artistic director Deborah Cheetham AO writes about the creation of […]